This week’s excuse, ‘doing this will stop me from starting more important things, is a common affliction for those of us with many interests and is often met with the reponse ‘better to do nothing at all than to do the wrong thing.’  It’s a hard one to undue because there are always more ideas and projects than their are hours or hands.  It’s the excuse that’s the problem, though.

Have I cured myself in a week? Not hardly, but I believe this one boils down to trust; trusting that things will work out, that neither time nor our lives are linear and that things can branch out to bring us back to the other fork in the road.  We take the path we are meant to take and the path we take is always the right one.  Do I sound convincing yet?

Somehow it’s easier when the passion or conviction is strong – I must go to Europe! and we go. When it comes down to choosing between a continuing education class in belly dancing or kaleidoscope making it’s a slightly tougher call. Maybe we are supposed to stay home and write that novel instead…

I think my only real answer is to  look at the project or question that is calling and ask if it in itself is an excuse, luring me away from dealing with what I know needs my attention. If it isn’t, than it is the right thing to start, or research, or ponder in that moment.  And it’s ok to set it aside later when something else legitamately calls.  Once the excuses are eliminated, it will be completed in due time.

Next week: It’s not my nature

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